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Anneke Wills

Acting
Known For

83 Years Old

Anneke Wills is a British actress famous for playing Polly, the swinging sixties companion to the first and second Doctor in Doctor Who from 1966 to 1967. Other roles include Evelyn in the ITC drama The Strange Report (1969-1970) and guest appearances in The Avengers and Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased). Film roles include Anne in Some People (1962) and Angela in The Pleasure Girls (1965). From 1962 to 1979 she was married to Michael Gough but has subsequently twice remarried. The father of her first child was Anthony Newley, who left her for Joan Collins. In 1970 Wills effectively gave up acting to be a full time mum. Following her divorce from Gough, she left the UK in 1980 and lived in various places in the 16 years afterwards, including in Laos, Vietnam and India in the early 1980s, in the USA from 1983–1986, and in Canada from 1986–1996. She returned to live in the UK in 1996 and is a popular figure on the Doctor Who convention circuit. She has returned sporadically to acting for Doctor Who themed productions and has published three volumes of her memoirs: Self Portrait (2007), Naked (2009), and In Focus (2012).

Born

Berkshire, England, UK on 20th October 1941

All Credits

No Hiding Place Image
No Hiding Place
Doctor Who Image
Doctor Who
Polly
Doctor Who Image
Doctor Who
Polly Wright
The Avengers Image
The Avengers
Judy
The Saint Image
The Saint
Fran Roeding
The Wednesday Play Image
The Wednesday Play
Leda
The Likely Lads Image
The Likely Lads
Judith Francis
Strange Report Image
Strange Report
Evelyn McLean
Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time Image
Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time
Polly (archive footage)
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot Image
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
Self
Nothing But the Best Image
Nothing But the Best
Young Wife
The Ties That Bind Us Image
The Ties That Bind Us
Polly Wright (archive footage)
Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones Image
Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones
Polly
The Story of Doctor Who Image
The Story of Doctor Who
The Pleasure Girls Image
The Pleasure Girls
Angela
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks Image
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
Polly Wright (archive footage) (uncredited)
Child's Play Image
Child's Play
Alice Nightingale
Doctor Who: The Highlanders Image
Doctor Who: The Highlanders
Polly
Doctor Who: Meanwhile in the TARDIS: Part 2 Image
Doctor Who: Meanwhile in the TARDIS: Part 2
Polly Wright (archive footage)
Doctor Who: The Tenth Planet Image
Doctor Who: The Tenth Planet
Polly
Candidate for Murder Image
Candidate for Murder
Jacqueline
Some People Image
Some People
Anne
Doctor Who: The Macra Terror Image
Doctor Who: The Macra Terror
Polly
Doctor Who: The Smugglers Image
Doctor Who: The Smugglers
Polly
Doctor Who: The War Machines Image
Doctor Who: The War Machines
Polly
Lust in Space Image
Lust in Space
Self
Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary Image
Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary
Self
Doctor Who: The Macra Terror Image
Doctor Who: The Macra Terror
Polly Wright (voice)
Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks Image
Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks
Polly (Voice)
Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones Image
Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones
Polly (voice)
Carnival of Monsters Image
Carnival of Monsters
Doctor Who: The Underwater Menace Image
Doctor Who: The Underwater Menace
Polly
Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks Image
Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks
Polly
The Dalek Tapes Image
The Dalek Tapes
Self
Remembering Deborah Watling Image
Remembering Deborah Watling
Self
Doctor Who: The Underwater Menace Image
Doctor Who: The Underwater Menace
Polly Wright (voice)
Myth Makers 53: Patrick Troughton Image
Myth Makers 53: Patrick Troughton
Herself
Doctor Who: The Moonbase Image
Doctor Who: The Moonbase
Polly
The Light Fantastic Image
The Light Fantastic
Girl in Flamenco Club
Second Time Around: The Troughton Years Image
Second Time Around: The Troughton Years
Myth Makers 43: William Hartnell Image
Myth Makers 43: William Hartnell
The Doctors: The Pat Troughton Years Image
The Doctors: The Pat Troughton Years
The End of the Line? Image
The End of the Line?